The critically acclaimed HBO medical drama “The Pitt” appears to have written itself onto a political minefield — and is marching forward headfirst regardless of any backlash.
“The Pitt” follows a group of ER doctors at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. Seasons are presented as a single 15-hour shift at the hospital, with each episode chronicling one of those hours.
The first season of the show dealt with plenty of controversial material, including gun violence (the first season finale involved an overwhelmed ER dealing with the fallout from a mass shooting) and COVID (a recurring theme of the first season involved main lead Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch suffering from PTSD after having worked at that ER during the height of the disease).
But none of that chatter quite compares to the controversy surrounding the second season of the show.
On Thursday, the 11th episode of the second season aired, and one of the storylines involved the introduction of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
AsFox Newsdescribed, two ICE agents had a detainee with an injured arm. After getting impatient with how long it was taking, the agents decided to leave, when Nurse Jesse intervened.
That medical professional is then cuffed and taken away, while Dr. Robinavitch told him not to say anything without an attorney.
The episode culminated with Robinavitch telling off the ICE agents for disrupting his ER.
“You’ve been nothing but a distraction and a disruption since you’ve been here,” he says. “I’m already short-staffed, and I just lost five nurses and half my environmental services team because you walked in.”
“You know patients come in here for help, right? Because they’re either sick or they’re injured, and documented or undocumented, they have a right to emergency care. TB, measles, fractures — none of it is getting treated because everybody’s too scared to come in,” he continued.
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